What would happen if you gave thousands of students around the world
a single pad of Post-it® Notes and challenged them to innovate... in one
week! What would they do? How would they use their imaginations?
What would they create? This is the story behind the first film in the
documentary series imagine it!
Summer 2008
The Role of Development Concepts in the History of Gestalt Theory: The
Work of Kurt Koffka
by Mitchell G. Ash
Summer 2008
The Role of Development Concepts in the History of Gestalt Theory: The
Work of Kurt Koffka
by Mitchell G. Ash
Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try — the more we step outside our comfort zone — the more inherently creative we become, both in the workplace and in our personal lives.
This session provides a dozen practical ideas for keeping up with the latest resources, learning technology tricks, and dealing with professional information overload. If you're drowning in blogs and yearning for easier ways to find those hidden technology jewels, come with me on a technology treasure hunt.
Source: Chris Dede, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Cynthia Coburn, "Rethinking Scale: Moving Beyond Numbers to Deep and Last Change," Educational Researcher (2003); Microsoft US Partners in Learning
The" Innovator's Dilemma" demonstrates why outstanding companies that had their competitive antennae up, listened astutely to customers, and invested aggressively in new technologies still lost their market dominance. Drawing on patterns of innovation in a variety of industries, the author argues that good business practices can, nevertheless, weaken a great firm.
The program isn't anything like business school, where students focus largely on areas of their expertise. And that's the point. Conventional business education leads executives to build on their strengths—improving profit margins, boosting efficiency, and benchmarking the best practices of rivals. This school aims to teach midcareer executives something many think is unteachable: how to be innovative. "We've got to break them from what they know best," says Anne Kirah, the academy's kinetic, gum-chewing, American dean. "When you're only focused on your competition and what you know best, you don't innovate."
Harry Potter has cast a spell over pupils at a once-failing school with Hogwarts-inspired lessons said to be behind a dramatic reversal in fortunes.
Wizard-themed lessons are just one of the techniques woven into the curriculum at Robert Mellors Primary School, in Nottingham. Children dress as their favourite Harry Potter characters, chant spells and use their wands in maths classes.
eSchool News Online has named YouInnovate.net as its site of the week. The site is produced by Scholastic for the National Governors Association with material from a variety of institutions including the American Museum of Natural History to encourage kids to get excited about math, science and technology.
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What would happen if you gave thousands of students around the world a single pad of Post-it® Notes and challenged them to innovate... in one week! What would they do? How would they use their imaginations? What would they create? This is the story behind the first film in the documentary series imagine it!
Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try — the more we step outside our comfort zone — the more inherently creative we become, both in the workplace and in our personal lives.
This session provides a dozen practical ideas for keeping up with the latest resources, learning technology tricks, and dealing with professional information overload. If you're drowning in blogs and yearning for easier ways to find those hidden technology jewels, come with me on a technology treasure hunt.
Source: Chris Dede, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Cynthia Coburn, "Rethinking Scale: Moving Beyond Numbers to Deep and Last Change," Educational Researcher (2003); Microsoft US Partners in Learning
The" Innovator's Dilemma" demonstrates why outstanding companies that had their competitive antennae up, listened astutely to customers, and invested aggressively in new technologies still lost their market dominance. Drawing on patterns of innovation in a variety of industries, the author argues that good business practices can, nevertheless, weaken a great firm.
The program isn't anything like business school, where students focus largely on areas of their expertise. And that's the point. Conventional business education leads executives to build on their strengths—improving profit margins, boosting efficiency, and benchmarking the best practices of rivals. This school aims to teach midcareer executives something many think is unteachable: how to be innovative. "We've got to break them from what they know best," says Anne Kirah, the academy's kinetic, gum-chewing, American dean. "When you're only focused on your competition and what you know best, you don't innovate."
Harry Potter has cast a spell over pupils at a once-failing school with Hogwarts-inspired lessons said to be behind a dramatic reversal in fortunes. Wizard-themed lessons are just one of the techniques woven into the curriculum at Robert Mellors Primary School, in Nottingham. Children dress as their favourite Harry Potter characters, chant spells and use their wands in maths classes.
eSchool News Online has named YouInnovate.net as its site of the week. The site is produced by Scholastic for the National Governors Association with material from a variety of institutions including the American Museum of Natural History to encourage kids to get excited about math, science and technology.
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